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Congratz! I'm sure its worth the wait!!!
Mine should arrive early June (first in the country) with the next allocation in September. What's your build? Very curious.

Btw, don't expect too much activity or replies from forum members after mentioning "GTS 4.0". Its weird but this forum feels very different from "MacanForum" where everyone is friendly, supportive and cheerful regardless to what model you're driving or buying.

Congratz! I'm sure its worth the wait!!!
Mine should arrive early June (first in the country) with the next allocation in September. What's your build? Very curious.

Btw, don't expect too much activity or replies from forum members after mentioning "GTS 4.0". Its weird but this forum feels very different from "MacanForum" where everyone is friendly, supportive and cheerful regardless to what model you're driving or buying.

EDIT: I suppose this is actually the type of response you expected. Sorry, I'm not try to be a d!ck.
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I'm not sure why one would post that people are not friendly, that's just asking for the inevitable.

As for the difference... Do you have a 2.5T GTS? (I don't for clarification). I'm assuming you do not, but let's assume you did... How would you feel knowing that as a whole, Porsche just took a dump on the car and heritage they sold it on? Would you feel slighted?

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Btw, don't expect too much activity or replies from forum members after mentioning "GTS 4.0". Its weird but this forum feels very different from "MacanForum" where everyone is friendly, supportive and cheerful regardless to what model you're driving or buying.

Hi there! Glad to be here as this means that I'm getting a 718 in the not so distant future. My previous ride was MY17 Macan GTS that I just sold. Got it new and configured the way I liked. Great car all around (especially during winter time) but since I'm quite familiar with Porsche's sports...

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...To be honest I have never considered T4 cayman (for the reasons that are not safe to discuss here ) even though I have driven lots of them (including GTS) and I agree with everyone who says it is a great driving car.
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Btw, don't expect too much activity or replies from forum members after mentioning "GTS 4.0". Its weird but this forum feels very different from "MacanForum" where everyone is friendly, supportive and cheerful regardless to what model you're driving or buying.

First, a little education. The reason I and many others are here instead of other forums is due to the vast amount of internet hate directed at the 4T. You might want to keep that in mind. And in your introduction you displayed a bit of that attitude. Folks on here are plenty friendly. We may be a little wary of folks who want to talk down to us due to the number of cylinders in our motors.

Let's put it this way...what if you had gone on to a generalist Porsche forum and everyone had made jokes about your Audi and said it wasn't a real Porsche?

Rodney, enjoy your car! We need some build details tho. (I wanna see more pictures of the green if that's the color you got.)

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Hi there! Glad to be here as this means that I'm getting a 718 in the not so distant future. My previous ride was MY17 Macan GTS that I just sold. Got it new and configured the way I liked. Great car all around (especially during winter time) but since I'm quite familiar with Porsche's sports...

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You are basically accusing the forum membership as a whole, of not making it a safe place for discussion. From the start! First message...

Just being sarcastic about a general mood here after the "4.0" news. I've read a lot of threads here before posting this introduction and that was the impression I got. Wasn't trying to hurt anybody's feelings anyway.

"Friendly attitude" doesn't mean "friends", right? I might be wrong as english is not my first language. I'll trust you on this one.

Don't give a **** about the treatment. Again, was talking about my general impression about the forum.

EDIT: I suppose this is actually the type of response you expected. Sorry, I'm not try to be a d!ck.
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I'm not sure why one would post that people are not friendly, that's just asking for the inevitable.

As for the difference... Do you have a 2.5T GTS? (I don't for clarification). I'm assuming you do not, but let's assume you did... How would you feel knowing that as a whole, Porsche just took a dump on the car and heritage they sold it on? Would you feel slighted?

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I'm happy with my Audi/Porsche Macan! Seriously, it's an incredible ride, great looking, quick and fun to drive... but I do feel it's a Porsche for the ladies. Would I buy it again? Yer G.D. right I would!

I can't type in Trumps Voice... so say this in your head for me "I like it, I like it very much... but it is definitely, it definitely is a chicks car!"

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First, a little education. The reason I and many others are here instead of other forums is due to the vast amount of internet hate directed at the 4T. You might want to keep that in mind. And in your introduction you displayed a bit of that attitude. Folks on here are plenty friendly. We may be a little wary of folks who want to talk down to us due to the number of cylinders in our motors.

Let's put it this way...what if you had gone on to a generalist Porsche forum and everyone had made jokes about your Audi and said it wasn't a real Porsche?

Rodney, enjoy your car! We need some build details tho. (I wanna see more pictures of the green if that's the color you got.)

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I'm happy with my Audi/Porsche Macan! Seriously, it's an incredible ride, great looking, quick and fun to drive... but I do feel it's a Porsche for the ladies. Would I buy it again? Yer G.D. right I would!

I can't type in Trumps Voice... so say this in your head for me "I like it, I like it very much... but it is definitely, it definitely is a chicks car!"

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Just being sarcastic about a general mood here after the "4.0" news. I've read a lot of threads here before posting this introduction and that was the impression I got. Wasn't trying to hurt anybody's feelings anyway.

I don't need to paint a picture about somebody, who on his own free will states that he is 'sarcastic' towards the membership and its mood. That in his introductory post.

It's like visiting somebody's home for the first time, being introduced to the host's family and then dropping his trousers and taking a dump on the rug because he thinks that the family is unduly proud of their rug.

Anyway, I think we spent too much time on you and your asinine personality.

People, this is a thread to welcome @Rodney718 in our forum, not to give an opportunity to @bmf to display his rude personality.

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Congratulations. Look forward to seeing the car and driving a 4.0 myself (test drive that is).

I'm sure once 718 4.0 deliveries start happening there will be more chatter on here about how good it is and various other aspects! If it is anything like the 2.5t which essentially it is, I'm sure you will find it a cracking sports car.

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When the 4.0 is in driver's hands and we start getting reports, I will want to hear them. I will want posters to love their cars & say that. Give us information, photos in great places, videos on great roads/tracks - basically show us your love for your cars. That's what we give our cars and I would expect the same from anyone getting the next generation of 718.

At the same time, if I hear more comparisons and derogatory comments about the 4T sounds I might just quit. Let's drop it and move on.

So, to summarize, show us the love for your car not the disrespect or hatred of something else!

@Rodney718 , you did nothing wrong. Your introductory thread was hijacked and we were all trolled.

I think that the 718GTS (4.0 or otherwise) is a fantastic car!. You should follow your heart and you will be rewarded.

You drive the F4T cars differently than the NA-6 ones and you really have to be introduced to them by someone that knows how to do it.

For example, you don't go to the red line with an F4T. You drive the torque curve. The torque is more lower in the range. You can't get to the highest gear in mere mortal speeds, so it doesn't pay to hold out on your shifts.

With an NA-6 you drive the horsepower curve. It pays to go to the red line. You may or may not get the 'wail' with the GPF muffled cars... It is a different beast and a fast beast in the high RPM (over 4k). In city driving, it is not as rewarding, because you cannot go screaming around between 5000-7000 RPM.

In the meantime, test-drive an F4T, more than once if you can. Test drive a 4 lt NA6 also. If you can get one.

Not entirely news, but worth reading all the news in a reasonable package. The title is misleading, this is not exactly what Blume said.
https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2020/company/porsche-oliver-blume-taycan-911-bild-am-sonntag-bams-interview-20111.html

A day or so ago I received some marketing fluff email from Porsche entitled Porsche News. It announced what appears to be a new website named Home of GTS. Okay....
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